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January 15, 1931

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DROUGHT RELIEF BILL ACCEPTED BY SENATE; NEW BATTLE LOOMS; Recedes on $15,000,000 for Food and President Gets $45,000,000 Measure. WILL ASK FOR $25,000,000 Robinson to Offer Amendment to Agriculture Bill Allotting Sum to Red Cross. THREATENS A FILIBUSTER Relief Policy of Administration and House Leaders Condemned In Long Debate. To Ask Suspension of Rules. Jones Urges Recession. No Christmas Cheer There. Denies Reds Inspired Outbreak. Threatens Extra Session.

By Special to The New York Times

Sen recedes on $15,000,000 measure and Hoover gets bill for $45,000,000; filibuster threatened as Sen Robinson will ask $25,000,000 appropriation amendment to agr bill for Red Cross for food

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STEUER SAYS GROUP PLANS 50% PAYMEMT BY THE BANK OF U.S.; He Announces Financiers Are at Work on Segregation of $77,000,000 Assets. QUICK AID FOR DEPOSITORS He Wants Liquidation Stopped to Save Large Fees--Broderick Would Weigh Such Move. CRAIN TO ASK INQUIRY FUND Drafts Request to Estimate Board for $100,000--Thomas Protests Naming of Steuer. Denies Malice in Inquiry. PLANS 50% PAYMENT BY THE BANK OF U.S. Thomas Protests to Governor. Crain to See Steuer Today.

By Unknown Author

Steuer says group of financiers is working on plan to pay 50% on deposits; asks liquidation be stopped to insure success of plan

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Notable Births

Lee Bontecou

1931Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor (died 2022)[†]

Lee Bontecou was an American sculptor and printmaker and a pioneer figure in the New York art world. She kept her work consistently in a recognizable style, and received broad recognition in the 1960s. Bontecou made abstract sculptures in the 1960s and 1970s and created vacuum-formed plastic fish, plants, and flower forms in the 1970s. Rich, organic shapes and powerful energy appear in her drawings, prints, and sculptures. Her work has been shown and collected in many major museums in the United States and in Europe.

Derek Meddings

1931Derek Meddings, British special effects designer (died 1995)[†]

Derek Meddings was a British film and television special effects designer. He was initially noted for his work on the "Supermarionation" TV puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson, and later for the 1970s and 1980s James Bond and Superman film series.